Saigontourist Travel Service on November 22 received more than 1,000 foreign tourists on the SuperStar Virgo cruise ship that docked at Phu My Port, Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province.
Accordingly, the travellers who come from China, Austria, Australia, and Canada moved to Ho Chi Minh City on November 23 to tour historical sites, go shopping in Ben Thanh market, enjoy a water puppetry show in the city centre, and walk around Nguyen Hue pedestrian street.
In the afternoon, SuperStar Virgo left Phu My Port to dock at Cam Ranh International Port.
In Nha Trang, the visitors visited the Po Nagar Cham Towers, discovered Vinpearl Land, dove in Hon Tam and Hon Mun, tasted delicious food and explored traditional handicraft villages.
The cruise ship left Cam Ranh Port at 10pm on the same day for other Asian countries.
In November alone, Saigontourist received 8,000 passengers on Superstar Virgo.
Saigontourist said Superstar Virgo holds the mantle for largest passenger cruise ship, having replaced Royal Caribbean International’s Legends of the Seas for the top spot.
It is 4.34 metres longer and weighs 5866 tons more than the Legend with two extra decks and carries more than 700 extra passengers (2800) at a maximum capacity almost doubling the crew (1300).